Reincarnation of the Strongest Sword God - Side Stories Chapter 495 - Bubbling Crystal City of Secrets

"What's going on? A player's private property?"

"Isn't this an NPC City's trading firm?! Can players buy such a thing?!"

"Crap! Even if this trading firm is available for purchase, the price shouldn't be low. Which power decided to make such a huge investment?"

The players who were forcibly teleported out of the Secret Crystal Trading Firm couldn't help but be shocked by the revelation that a player had bought the trading firm. They had never heard of players being able to purchase an NPC City's trading firm before, so they never thought it could be done in the Eternal Realm's NPC Cities.

However, everyone quickly got over their surprise as their attention shifted to wondering which power was behind the Secret Crystal Trading Firm's purchase.

It should be known that trading firms were one of the primary sources of income for players operating in NPC Cities. So, taking ownership of a city's trading firm was no different than controlling the economic lifeline of players in the city. While it might be good news for the power who owned the trading firm, it was bad news for everyone else as they could potentially be put under heavy restrictions.

Of course, such restrictions would have little effect in the current Eternal Realm.

With the large influx of Holy Race players, it had become extremely difficult for players to transport merchandise across different maps. This was because the Holy Race players were focused on leveling up and gathering resources in the various maps, so they wouldn't spare the human players they came across. Not to mention, they could earn Honor Points for killing human players.

Currently, the only reason players were willing to take on quests from the trading firm right now was because Holy Race players and human players were still fighting over the entrance tokens. The Holy Race players did not have the spare energy to venture to other maps, so it wasn't particularly dangerous to trade across maps.

However, once this period passed, apart from quests issued by NPC nobles, players were unlikely to

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